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Housekeeping / Rules about Silksong

Hey everyone! I know we're all excited about Silksong, and it's coming surprisingly soon. Given the hype around it and everything, I'm expecting a massive influx of users and posts in this community soon. To avoid spoilers and to properly manage this, I've got a few rules to lay out. These will last for at least all of September, and I'll assess whether anything needs relaxing after that.

1. No spoilers of any kind in titles.
This seems obvious, but there is no way to hide the title of posts on Lemmy, so scrolling through will already result in spoilers if they're in the title. You can post about Silksong, obviously, but mentions of boss names, areas, lore, etc. should be left to the body of the post. Instead, say something like "[Silksong] This boss is..." or "[Silksong] I'm lost in this area, please help?"

2. Tag posts relating to Silksong.
Like with the samples above, make sure you clearly mention that the post is about Silksong. Alternatively, if this is too much of a hassle, there is another Silksong community at !silksong@kitty.ly which I assume would have less restrictions. Come back here after a month.

3. Use spoiler tags in any comments on posts not already about Silksong
You do not need to spoiler any comments in [Silksong] posts, but use your best judgement as to whether one should be used, based on what the post is about and where in the game that is. For any other post, though, you MUST use a spoiler tag, ::: spoiler like so hornet is void omg :::

4. Please be nice, and use your best judgement. Moderation is gonna be challenging when I'm also trying to avoid spoilers. If something is clearly out of line, please report it. But know that I might take a while to respond, since I'll also be playing Silksong.

To that end, I am also looking for moderators if anyone is interested. I made this community years ago now and have not had to moderate this much at all, and I am well aware that there will be a lot more activity coming soon.

Similarly, I am open to updating the graphics in the community, including the icon and the banner. (The icon will only be changed if someone makes a new piece of custom artwork, though, given this was created for this communitty a while back).

For moderating, just reply to this post. For graphics, feel free to make it a separate post.

Thanks for reading, I know this is a long post.

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